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Is it just me

Charging wise this is the fastest charging smartphone I've ever owned. And I'm a phone whore. From hero, instinct 1/2, evo, evo3d, hd2, note, and a few others. Anyone else notice
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It seems to charge pretty fast from the A/C charger but plugging it in to your Pc seems to take FOREVER.

Mine takes forever charging no matter what. Ive put it on the charger at 50% and it took 3hours ish to get back to 100%. Granted my phone could probably go two days with four hours of on screen time too.

Granted I can't speak for stock because I rooted asap. I mainly use AC 95% too. Not sure if how much root affects it, I'm on synergy (awesome btw).
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mathematically yes. My old droid x charged at a max 750ish mA. The S3 charges at 1000mA

It is just you...
In my case at least.
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Charging on AC is really fast for me too. Car charging and PC charging not so much.

GNEX was my fastest charging smartphone...but also had the worst battery life.

1ManWolfePack said:
It is just you...
In my case at least.
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Awesome thanks
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sprintuser1977 said:
Charging wise this is the fastest charging smartphone I've ever owned. And I'm a phone whore. From hero, instinct 1/2, evo, evo3d, hd2, note, and a few others. Anyone else notice
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I am betting it's because most of us have 1amp or 2.1 amp chargers available in the car. I, personally, still use the motorola 950mAh car charger, which speeds thru the charging process too.
USB still pumps out 500 mAh at best, always gonna be slow.
None of this has to do with the phone, btw.

Slow charging for me. But its random. Sometimes its decently quick but other times it takes forever to charge. Fastest phone to charge for me was the OG droid.
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I've noticed that when its plugged into the wall charger, its super fast, computer though is utterly slow.

Its really fast, about an hour and I'm at 100% from 0%.

Elite49 said:
Its really fast, about an hour and I'm at 100% from 0%.
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About same here, on wall
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There is a thing in the charging port that only the samsung charger activated that allows charing upwards of 1000 when using normal micro usb only does 300.
If you download imosyens leankernal he developed it into the kernal that you go to terminal editor and put "ffc"and charger will go as fast as thr samsung one.
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Lol I'm the opposite. Coming from a Galaxy Nexus this phone charges much slower. Galaxy Nexus would be fully charged in maybe an hour and a half. With the GS3 it's closer to 3 hours for a full charge. Hear it's the low-power brick that comes with it though.

LGeX said:
Lol I'm the opposite. Coming from a Galaxy Nexus this phone charges much slower. Galaxy Nexus would be fully charged in maybe an hour and a half. With the GS3 it's closer to 3 hours for a full charge. Hear it's the low-power brick that comes with it though.
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Yep. For example, the Motorola SPN5400A will charge the S3 in about 1\2 to 1\3 the time it would take if plugged into a USB port. I honestly believe it's because it has quality internal circuitry. Hell, at .95 mAh it charges quicker than most 2.1mAh chargers. Again, has nothing to do with the phones, it's the chargers that come with.

mine charges pretty quick as well. best phone ive had hands down.

LGeX said:
Lol I'm the opposite. Coming from a Galaxy Nexus this phone charges much slower. Galaxy Nexus would be fully charged in maybe an hour and a half. With the GS3 it's closer to 3 hours for a full charge. Hear it's the low-power brick that comes with it though.
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3 hrs seems off. I think I could wire mine to my electric razor and charge it faster
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Just for info, my wireless energizer pad and Verizon wireless door charge faster than the factory charger. And my factory charger will charge between 1.5 and 2 hours from 3% or 4%.
If you are taking over 2 hours I would check the battery and make sure it isn't swollen or something wrong with it. As far as usb most ports are "as stated above" not going to supply juice fast enough to charge quickly.
And it's probably worth seeing if something is on thats sucking power, Bluetooth, gps, facebook, anything that sync's alot. And using almost as much power as the usb is putting out.
See the Galaxy sIII shine via SynergyRom

Impressed with Qualcomm Fast Charge 2.0

Thought I'd give my thoughts on the Qualcomm Quick Charger 2.0.
Just received the HTC One M9 yesterday.
After a full charge with the stock charger, I had it running for 13 hours without charging.
Woke up this morning and noticed that it had dropped to 34% so I decided to try the Qualcomm Quick Charger 2.0.
Wow! Impressed how fast it went to 100%! Actually I had my doubts about it going 60% in 30 minutes, but it does seem legit.
In my opinion, it is worth well purchasing, specially if you suddenly find yourself with no power left and in need of charging it fast!
Attached battery history (sorry, in Danish )
The used charger:
http://shop.emea.htc.com/dk/p_htc_store_product.aspx?i=270539
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Should mention that it dropped to 34% due to heavy usage. Its actually quite good in my opinion, keeping power compared to my old HTC One M7
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Attached battery stats
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WebghostDK said:
Thought I'd give my thoughts on the Qualcomm Quick Charger 2.0.
Just received the HTC One M9 yesterday.
After a full charge with the stock charger, I had it running for 13 hours without charging.
Woke up this morning and noticed that it had dropped to 34% so I decided to try the Qualcomm Quick Charger 2.0.
Wow! Impressed how fast it went to 100%! Actually I had my doubts about it going 60% in 30 minutes, but it does seem legit.
In my opinion, it is worth well purchasing, specially if you suddenly find yourself with no power left and in need of charging it fast!
Attached battery history (sorry, in Danish )
The used charger:
http://shop.emea.htc.com/dk/p_htc_store_product.aspx?i=270539
Sent from my HTC One M9 using XDA Free mobile app
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I got the CHOE brand Quick charge and it is indeed very impressive. What Ticks me off is that's the charger that should have been in the box with the M9. That's poor of HTC to flaunt a much better charger on their website after shipping out the normal ones to their loyal customers.

clsA said:
I got the CHOE brand Quick charge and it is indeed very impressive. What Ticks me off is that's the charger that should have been in the box with the M9. That's poor of HTC to flaunt a much better charger on their website after shipping out the normal ones to their loyal customers.
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I don't have the M9, but from unboxing videos it looks like HTC included the Quick Charge 1.0 charger with the phone. Looks very similar to the one that came with the M8. But I agree, with the M9, HTC had NO excuse not to include a Quick Charge 2.0 charger.

I was wondering if you guys knows if the actual charger of my Nexus 6, could be compatible with the HTC One M9 ?
As it's not included in the M9's Box... If i can keep my actual one, that'll be great !

I've bought this charger too, very happy with it! Charged +88% in 68 minutes
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How long it takes to charge from 0~100 ? less than 2 hours ?

My phone said 5 more minutes till full charge when I unplugged it and made the screenshot in the previous post, so I guess full charge from 0 to 100% will take less then one and a half hour. I'll give it a try soon.
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MPooZD said:
How long it takes to charge from 0~100 ? less than 2 hours ?
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Why would you let your phone get to zero? That's just plain dumb

I was so impressed that I ordered another one for work .
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mike_lammers said:
My phone said 5 more minutes till full charge when I unplugged it and made the screenshot in the previous post, so I guess full charge from 0 to 100% will take less then one and a half hour. I'll give it a try soon.
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That will be great if it
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clsA said:
Why would you let your phone get to zero? That's just plain dumb
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No , just to know if there worth difference before buy it

Just so everyone knows, fast charging a Lithium batter would work best going from 0 to 70-80% any more than that the battery charges really slow, that's just how chargers are designed for lithium tech.
Example, from 0% if the charger is giving out 2Amps, then as soon as it reaches a high point of 80% the power output goes down from 2Amps to around 1Amp, and so on it keeps declining as the battery get higher.

Does this work with any good quality micro USB cable?

Quick Charge with Verizon phone?
Has anyone with a VZW M9 had any great success with a quick charger? And if so, what have you used?
I have the Tenergy Fast Charger, and it is faster than the charger that came with the phone, but it's definitely not super fast. We're talking just slightly over 1% per minute.
This makes me wonder if Verizon has somehow limited quick charging with this phone such that any charger I try is going to be met with limited success or if I should indeed try a different charger.

Is anyone else having trouble getting the fast speed? I have a T-Mobile variant and it seems to be only getting about 1% per minute as well. At 60% charge, it estimates that there is about 50-60 minutes remaining to completion.

schwty01 said:
Has anyone with a VZW M9 had any great success with a quick charger? And if so, what have you used?
I have the Tenergy Fast Charger, and it is faster than the charger that came with the phone, but it's definitely not super fast. We're talking just slightly over 1% per minute.
This makes me wonder if Verizon has somehow limited quick charging with this phone such that any charger I try is going to be met with limited success or if I should indeed try a different charger.
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I have the same one and it will fully charge the phone it a little over an hour. They are quite a bit faster than the stock charger.

isw845 said:
Is anyone else having trouble getting the fast speed? I have a T-Mobile variant and it seems to be only getting about 1% per minute as well. At 60% charge, it estimates that there is about 50-60 minutes remaining to completion.
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Same here, with both Samsung adaptive fast charger and Motorola quick charger from a nexus 6. No idea why, but after using an s6 that charged extremely quickly, it's a little confusing.

I wonder if some of the carrier variants that received the update had the QuickCharge 2.0 functionality disabled. I've tried the Aukey, Anker, Getwow and Onite chargers and they all are not charging at the rated spec.

Quick charge is neat, but it's also destructive for the battery. 95% of the time my phone is only on charge over night, so no need for speed there. I'd rather it have the regular charger for the overnight charge, and maybe having a quick charger for on the go situations.

Find a fast charger, any recommended?

Find a fast charger, any recommended?

Stock from HTC direct (Digital River) works well.

I own the Aukey Quick Charger, which also works pretty well with the M9:
http://www.amazon.com/Qualcomm-Certified-Aukey-Charger-Included/dp/B00QEX83LA

I use the samsung fast charger from the note 4 or s6 and use the motorola brick from the nexus 6. I recommend the nexus 6 brick.

I will receive my techmatte quick car charger and keedox quick wall charger tonight, will let you know
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ademmer said:
I own the Aukey Quick Charger, which also works pretty well with the M9:
http://www.amazon.com/Qualcomm-Certified-Aukey-Charger-Included/dp/B00QEX83LA
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That's the same one I use in my office. Works well.
I use the charger from my old Droid Turbo at home.

ademmer said:
I own the Aukey Quick Charger, which also works pretty well with the M9:
http://www.amazon.com/Qualcomm-Certified-Aukey-Charger-Included/dp/B00QEX83LA
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I just got one of those too, and it's great. Wish it wasn't so big, but it does the job.

I just picked up a couple of Anker dual-USB wall chargers. They have higher amperage (2.4A) than most standard chargers and on both USB ports simultaneously (many dual-USB chargers lower the output when both ports are in use). Between the better charging times, the dual ports and the build quality, I'm very satisfied.
The Anker charger with Qualcomm Quick Charge tech looks even better, but I don't have any experience with it personally.

Show me the link and experience, thanks!

ademmer said:
I own the Aukey Quick Charger, which also works pretty well with the M9:
http://www.amazon.com/Qualcomm-Certified-Aukey-Charger-Included/dp/B00QEX83LA
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+1
i have the htc rapid charger 2.0 and the aukey rapid charger (+the 10000mah external battery quick charge)
both work really well. if i knew about the aukey. i woulda originally gone for that first

Quick review of the Keedox Quick charger 2.0:
Well it has the official logo of Qualcomm Quick charger 2.0 printed on it but I kinda find it as slow as the stock charger from hTC :crying:
Tested from 45% to 100%
Till 80% it's amazingly fast with 20% every 10min but once over 80% it's slowing down, from 90% to 100% it's extremely slow like 1% every 5 mins
It took 75 mins to charge these 65% while it's supposed to charge from 10% to 100% in an hour (80%)
So we are pretty far from the advertised +70% faster charger.
Take in consideration that I am using Viperom 2.2 for the time being based on 1.40, these Roms are known to have bugs with charging time, so I am waiting for the upcoming Leedroid based on OTA 1.40 Rom to be sure this charger is crap and give a negative review on Amazon.
I am still waiting for my TechMatte car quick charger, my sis still didn't finish to empty her 2 suitcases, girls...
I don't think it's a matter of cable, I am using the same USB 2.0 cable that I used back with the Quick charger of the S6 on the S6, it was charging the S6 from 20 to 100% in 50 mins.

vegetaleb said:
Quick review of the Keedox Quick charger 2.0:
Well it has the official logo of Qualcomm Quick charger 2.0 printed on it but I kinda find it as slow as the stock charger from hTC :crying:
Tested from 45% to 100%
Till 80% it's amazingly fast with 20% every 10min but once over 80% it's slowing down, from 90% to 100% it's extremely slow like 1% every 5 mins
It took 75 mins to charge these 65% while it's supposed to charge from 10% to 100% in an hour (80%)
So we are pretty far from the advertised +70% faster charger.
Take in consideration that I am using Viperom 2.2 for the time being based on 1.40, these Roms are known to have bugs with charging time, so I am waiting for the upcoming Leedroid based on OTA 1.40 Rom to be sure this charger is crap and give a negative review on Amazon.
I am still waiting for my TechMatte car quick charger, my sis still didn't finish to empty her 2 suitcases, girls...
I don't think it's a matter of cable, I am using the same USB 2.0 cable that I used back with the Quick charger of the S6 on the S6, it was charging the S6 from 20 to 100% in 50 mins.
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The Aukey quick charger I have does the same type of throttling thing once it gets around that 85% mark. I haven't paid enough attention to my Droid Turbo charger to see if it does the same thing. I figured it was just a safety feature of the Aukey charger.

upther said:
The Aukey quick charger I have does the same type of throttling thing once it gets around that 85% mark. I haven't paid enough attention to my Droid Turbo charger to see if it does the same thing. I figured it was just a safety feature of the Aukey charger.
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So these are quick charger only from 0 to 85% !! The S6 stock charger on S6 was also slowing down at 85% but it wasn't that slow, the results were certainly faster.
Again I can't give a definitive conclusion about the Keedox before I try a stable rom based on the official latest OTA
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The slowdown at ~80% full is the expected behavior to be easy on the battery. I find the quick charge most valuable when I am about to leave home and I can use the last remaining minutes to cram some juice into the battery. Main charging happens overnight for me without any need to hurry.

The slowdown >90% is behavior I have seen on every phone I have ever owned. It is a safety feature to avoid overcharging the battery. Overcharged li-ion batteries have been known to explode and catch fire, after all.
It may simply be that HTC is more conservative with its batteries than Samsung is.

iElvis said:
The slowdown >90% is behavior I have seen on every phone I have ever owned. It is a safety feature to avoid overcharging the battery. Overcharged li-ion batteries have been known to explode and catch fire, after all.
It may simply be that HTC is more conservative with its batteries than Samsung is.
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Hmm ...
Now this makes sense ... Now I get why my charger works lil slower above 85% ...

Updated Viper Rom to 2.3, the Keedox charged my M9 from 34% to 94% in a matter of 35 mins

Thanks!

It looks like the htc m9 is slow with quick charger 2.0 anyway, gsmarena posted a 2h charging time for 0 to 100%.
So my Keedox is not bad after all
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HTC ONE M9 - QC2.0 Issues

Hello,
I've just got an M9 and am happy with it. Thought I'd make the most of the quick charge tech so I brought a QC2.0 charger from amazon:
An Aukey Quick Charge 2.0 42W 3 Ports USB Desktop Charging Station [sorry, can't post links yet]
Reading the reviews, and also other threads on here, that people with M9's using QC charge very fast but mine just isn't.
Right now it's taken just oven an hour to charge to full from 49%. Nothing like what other people are saying.
I've contacted the supplier of the charger and they've just sent me another one but it's exactly the same. How should I continue testing? How would I determine if it is the Phone?
The only issue I can potentially identify is that after around 75%-80% the rate of charge seems to drastically drop off.
Any insight would be great !
Stock ROM [EE - UK]
Android 5.1
Kernal 3.10.49
Thanks

bradleyh10 said:
Hello,
I've just got an M9 and am happy with it. Thought I'd make the most of the quick charge tech so I brought a QC2.0 charger from amazon:
An Aukey Quick Charge 2.0 42W 3 Ports USB Desktop Charging Station [sorry, can't post links yet]
Reading the reviews, and also other threads on here, that people with M9's using QC charge very fast but mine just isn't.
Right now it's taken just oven an hour to charge to full from 49%. Nothing like what other people are saying.
I've contacted the supplier of the charger and they've just sent me another one but it's exactly the same. How should I continue testing? How would I determine if it is the Phone?
The only issue I can potentially identify is that after around 75%-80% the rate of charge seems to drastically drop off.
Any insight would be great !
Thanks
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Are you stock? if not what rom and kernel are you using?
regarding the drop off after 80% thats perfectly normal for QC, it will be quite rapid up until about 80+% then sort of trickle.

deakelem said:
Are you stock? if not what rom and kernel are you using?
regarding the drop off after 80% thats perfectly normal for QC, it will be quite rapid up until about 80+% then sort of trickle.
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Stock [EE - UK]
Android 5.1
Kernel: 3.10.49
Pre - 80% its charging about 1%/minute. Which seems much slower than other people describe.
Post - 80% its about 0.3%/minute

Did it come with a USB cable, and are you using that one? In order to take full advantage of quick charging, heavier gauge and/or short cables are best. And yes, the closer to 100%, the less difference in charging rate.

mike.s said:
Did it come with a USB cable, and are you using that one? In order to take full advantage of quick charging, heavier gauge and/or short cables are best. And yes, the closer to 100%, the less difference in charging rate.
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Hello,
Yes it came with a cable which was high quality, which I'm also using.
I did have a thought if it was because I was charging it with the phone turn on, but just did a test with it turned off and the results were very similar

Are you using the QC 2.0 port? Because that thing has only one.
I'm always using official chargers, same for my M9..works very well.

1337jay said:
Are you using the QC 2.0 port? Because that thing has only one.
I'm always using official chargers, same for my M9..works very well.
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Hi, Yes using the correct Orange QC port on this charger.
Perhaps you could share what sort of charging times you're getting with your official charger?

Also worth adding there may be an 'offical' HTC charger but all that should matter is if it's Qualcomm QC2 licence device, which it is and is listed on the Qualcomm website
So I'm back to my original question, how can I tell if its the phone?
It would also be good if anyone with an M9 and QC2 could post their charging times
Thanks

bradleyh10 said:
Also worth adding there may be an 'offical' HTC charger but all that should matter is if it's Qualcomm QC2 licence device, which it is and is listed on the Qualcomm website
So I'm back to my original question, how can I tell if its the phone?
It would also be good if anyone with an M9 and QC2 could post their charging times
Thanks
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you could check with the app ampere and see what youre getting with different cables and chargers

bradleyh10 said:
Hello,
I've just got an M9 and am happy with it. Thought I'd make the most of the quick charge tech so I brought a QC2.0 charger from amazon:
An Aukey Quick Charge 2.0 42W 3 Ports USB Desktop Charging Station [sorry, can't post links yet]
Reading the reviews, and also other threads on here, that people with M9's using QC charge very fast but mine just isn't.
Right now it's taken just oven an hour to charge to full from 49%. Nothing like what other people are saying.
I've contacted the supplier of the charger and they've just sent me another one but it's exactly the same. How should I continue testing? How would I determine if it is the Phone?
The only issue I can potentially identify is that after around 75%-80% the rate of charge seems to drastically drop off.
Any insight would be great !
Stock ROM [EE - UK]
Android 5.1
Kernal 3.10.49
Thanks
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Something else to try would be disabling HTC's car app as it causes issues with charging. Open the car app>go to settings>disable all settings.
Go to phone settings>apps>car>uninstall updates>disable.

I use a Choetech 60W Quick Charge 2.0 for mains, and a Choetech 51W Quick Charge 2.0 Car Charger for the car. The car one is ideal because it has a blue LED for normal power which changes to green when it's using Quick Charge, to give you an indicator it's working.
I get between 1% and 2% charge a minute depending on how hot the battery is and what is running (Viper 4.0.1 ROM - Android M). Usually around an hour and half for a full charge.
Yours doesn't seem excessively slow - make sure you try when your battery isn't hot and when no apps are running in the background. Maybe useful to run the Ampere app to see what the current battery drain is before you start... ideally should be 200ma or less.
Drop off after 80% is normal, ~1% every 2 minutes.

Deathmeter said:
Something else to try would be disabling HTC's car app as it causes issues with charging. Open the car app>go to settings>disable all settings.
Go to phone settings>apps>car>uninstall updates>disable.
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I had the same problem initially with my QC2.0 chargers, finally found out the cables(including the one packaged with the charger) were not up to the task........eventually started getting slow charge warnings.
I use these: http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B013DOCZAC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00
Haven't had a problem since

QC is only effective up to 80%, after that it will slow down so as not to cook the battery. This isn't just QC2.0, this is all forms of quick charging. Lithium based batteries must be very carefully charged as overcharging will lead to devices exploding. Just ask the hoverboard manufactures. As such the charge speed slows down after about 80% capacity. To further confuse things, a battery does not have a physical capacity like a gas tank or other physical holding device. Things like load, temperature, and age all change the available capacity. Capacity %, much like signal strength bars, is simply an estimation done with unknown calculations by the phone vendors. If you really want to know what's going on with your battery, you have to get an app like GSam Battery Monitor that will show you the current voltage of the battery and the charge/discharge rate in milliamps.

I'm using the same charger and it charges from 5% to 100 in 1hr and 20mins
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Any Difference in Wireless Chargers?

I have a Samsung wireless fast charging pad I bought for my S7. Is there any difference in the charging speed between it and the latest dock style ones?

Nope
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Maybe you know. I was told that using non-original wireless charging is bad because they spoil the battery. Is it so?

Generic wireless chargers do not fast charge in my experience. I have tried 3 off of Amazon so far.

I have a Seneo Fast Charger stand and its been great .

As long as the wireless dock is Fast Charge capable and your adapter is QuickCharge 2.0 compliant it should work. I have four Seneo Fast Charge docks that I use with both Samsung and RavPower QC 2.0 adapters and they work great with my S7 Edge. I will test when I get it but I'd assume the S8+ will work the same.
You know if it is working because the phone displays two messages when you dock it.
"Charging wirelessly xx%"
and then after a second or two
"Fast charging wirelessly xx%"

jackdforme said:
Nope
Sent from my Pixel XL using XDA-Developers Legacy app
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I believe the S8 (like the S7) can accept up to 15w wireless charging (Qi 2.0 spec) but most chargers barely output 10w. Not sure why but I would be looking for a good 15w output charger unless theres a reason not to.

Torry Cox said:
Maybe you know. I was told that using non-original wireless charging is bad because they spoil the battery. Is it so?
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What does "spoil the battery" even mean?

sanjsrik said:
What does "spoil the battery" even mean?
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I think the reference is to batteries losing capacity. The older a battery is the less capacity it holds. A battery rated at 3600mAH might only hold 2000mAH after a couple of years of use. High charging current causes a lot of heat buildup in the battery and will shorten (spoil) it's life.
Best way to tell if your battery has lost capacity is to measure charge time. Having it die quickly could mean it's just running too many apps, but charging time (with the phone off) should give an indication of battery capacity. If your battery charges twice as fast as a new one, it's lost half its capacity.

craigdamey said:
I think the reference is to batteries losing capacity. The older a battery is the less capacity it holds. A battery rated at 3600mAH might only hold 2000mAH after a couple of years of use. High charging current causes a lot of heat buildup in the battery and will shorten (spoil) it's life.
Best way to tell if your battery has lost capacity is to measure charge time. Having it die quickly could mean it's just running too many apps, but charging time (with the phone off) should give an indication of battery capacity. If your battery charges twice as fast as a new one, it's lost half its capacity.
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Got it. Sorry, I actually thought they meant that the battery spoils. Like the way some "normal" batteries blow up if left in devices for too long. I was seeing memories of the S7 nightmare.

AFAIK, the only listed change between the Dock style Samsung Fast charger and the Convertible Fast charger is that the new 1 can be changed from dock to pad.
I just picked up 2x Dock styles from amazon for 40 bucks a piece, way better than spending 70 for the convertible style.

Or these?
Zeal415 said:
AFAIK, the only listed change between the Dock style Samsung Fast charger and the Convertible Fast charger is that the new 1 can be changed from dock to pad.
I just picked up 2x Dock styles from amazon for 40 bucks a piece, way better than spending 70 for the convertible style.
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You could have gotten these as well:
https://electronics.woot.com/offers...reless-stand-2pk-1?ref=w_cnt_lnd_cat_elec_2_5

sanjsrik said:
You could have gotten these as well:
https://electronics.woot.com/offers...reless-stand-2pk-1?ref=w_cnt_lnd_cat_elec_2_5
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QQ I saw those but they were out of stock. figures now I got mine, they are back in stock.

Zeal415 said:
QQ I saw those but they were out of stock. figures now I got mine, they are back in stock.
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I was amazed how quickly they showed up too. Took 3 days from order to delivery. I think they purposely put almost 2 weeks delivery time just so that when you get it "early" you're amazed.

sanjsrik said:
What does "spoil the battery" even mean?
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Means that the battery holds its charge less. Faster discharges, in general the life of the battery decreases

If you use Qi wireless charger, it has 1.4x faster than traditional wireless charger. Built-in 2 coils offer a wide charging area, which allows you to place your device in either portrait or landscape position. You can also continue using it to read, watch or type while the battery is being replenished.